Redfox is a British fantasy comic published in the late 1980s, created and penciled by Fox. The comic won the 1987 Eagle Award for Best New British Comic of 1986, and was nominated for eight Eagle Awards in total. Publication history Redfox herself first appeared in the fanzine DragonLords in the early 1980s. Fox, a house artist at DragonLords, used the strip to comment on fantasy games-barbarian fashion, and later expanded his heroine's story into a three-issue Redfox fanzine. The fanzine stories were revised and redrawn to form the early issues of Harrier Comics' bimonthly US-format black-and-white comic, published from January 1986 to July 1987. Mike Lewis, one of the co-creators of DragonLords, provided additional writing for the early stories. An eight-page "origin of sorts", written by Harrier publisher Martin Lock and drawn by Fox, was published in the Harrier Comics title Swiftsure #9 (July 1986). Writer Chris Bell joined the creative team with issue #6 (November 1986), usually co-scripting the story over Fox's plots. Bell recounts how this happened: Bell established Valkyrie Press as a stand-alone publisher in the fall of 1987, solely to continue publishing Redfox with issue #11. (Valkyrie later took on publishing Bryan Talbot's comic The Adventures of Luther Arkwright as well.) After a further ten issues, publication ceased with issue #20 (June 1989). Various creators from British comics of the time occasionally helped out with the title: for example, Redfox #7 (January 1987) had a specially painted cover by John Bolton. Bryan Talbot contributed the cover art for issue #9, and Neil Gaiman wrote part of the final issue, when Chris Bell was distracted by the imminent arrival of her baby. Overview The Demon Queen Saga Issues #5-10 (Sept. 1986July 1987) of Redfox comprised a story arc officially titled "The Demon Queen Saga", which was a turning point in more than one way. The series, which began as a comedy set in a fantasy world, suddenly became driven by angst and tragedy. (This was around the time when comics such as Watchmen were popularizing treatment of more serious and adult themes.) The story itself was an obvious clone of The Dark Phoenix Saga (published by Marvel Comics in its X-Men title in 1980). Both The Demon Queen Saga and The Dark Phoenix Saga share the following plot points: Character A gains a new source of power (Zebethyial's ring in Redfox, the Phoenix Force in X-Men),